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Comment on My magical, color-changing pants by matthew Kogel

matthew Kogel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:45:01 +0000

I am glad there are others with magical pants. I have a pair of corduroys from Gap that will go from a gray in artificial lighting to a sage green in sunlight.

Comment on Money as debt by The wonderful upside down world of banks | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:41:38 +0000

[...] not. “Mark to model” is very much legal. As is fractional reserve banking, where a bank can lend out $50 for every $1 they [...]

Comment on Framing and nuances by Why don’t they teach journalists some history? | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:03:46 +0000

[...] that’s a classic false-dilemma. What about the option of “let them go into bankruptcy“? Neil just provides a few bad [...]

Comment on The incredible growing bailout! by Economic Freedom and Poverty | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Economic Freedom and Poverty | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:35:17 +0000

[...] freedom is essential to having a strong economy. As America and the world considers more “stimulus packages” in response to the government created recession, we have to stop and consider the effect [...]

Comment on Obama’s plan doesn’t even pass the sniff test by “The government has to do something quickly!” | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:24:18 +0000

[...] is the current bailout: there is no oversight on where the money went, the entire plan is built on assumptions they have “considerable uncertainty” about, and a significant amount of money is going to Wall Street executives as [...]

Comment on What’s the real unemployment rate? (cont) by Predictions for 2009 – Mid Year Grades | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:56:42 +0000

[...] tops 10% with real unemployment over 15% According to the BLS June Report official unemployment is at 9.5% and real unemployment [...]

Comment on Recession is tough for girlfriends of investment bankers by The “Hot Waitress” Economic Indicator | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

The “Hot Waitress” Economic Indicator | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:43:46 +0000

[...] The tough times for girlfriends of investment bankers [...]

Comment on Healthcare “reform” and Corporatism by Paved with good intentions and “reform” | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:27:13 +0000

[...] Bangaru’s Blog « Healthcare “reform” and Corporatism Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2009 [...]

Comment on “Do you have a short version? Jona?” by jack mohabir

jack mohabir — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:18:50 +0000

We recently had a media specialist meeting at our school district office and discussed Google docs for our schools instead of the current e-mail system that we have been using in our schools. it looks great !By the way, are your parents from Guyana, Vijay.
Jack M

Comment on Dave Barry’s Year in Review by Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2009 | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2009 | Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:06:15 +0000

[...] Barry writes an annual “Year in Review”. I thought 2008’s review was amazing, but 2009’s review managed to top it. It starts with this: It was also a year of [...]